Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda - Hardcover

Naylor, Sean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0425196097 ISBN 13: 9780425196090

Publisher: Berkley Caliber, 2005

Synopsis

An award-winning journalist provides an eyewitness account of the brutal March 2002 battle of untested U.S. troops against fanatical Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan's Shahikot valley, capturing the courage and resourcefulness of these young soldiers against overwhelming odds, including high-level strategic miscalculations.

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Review:

"If you liked Black Hawk Down, you''ll not be disappointed by Not a Good Day to Die... Extraordinary." --New York Post

"Naylor has doggedly pursued the full story of Operation Anaconda from the time he was ''embedded'' with 101st Airborne Division troops who fought in the battle... often against the wishes of [U.S.] commanders...an admirable job of exposing [Operation Anaconda''s] many shortcomings." --The Washington Post
"The best full-scale history of Operation Anaconda to date." --Booklist
"Excellent." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"If you liked Black Hawk Down, you'll not be disappointed by Not a Good Day to Die... Extraordinary." New York Post

"Naylor has doggedly pursued the full story of Operation Anaconda from the time he was 'embedded' with 101st Airborne Division troops who fought in the battle... often against the wishes of [U.S.] commanders an admirable job of exposing [Operation Anaconda's] many shortcomings." The Washington Post

"The best full-scale history of Operation Anaconda to date." Booklist

"Excellent." The Cleveland Plain Dealer"

"If you liked Black Hawk Down, you'll not be disappointed by Not a Good Day to Die... Extraordinary." --New York Post

"Naylor has doggedly pursued the full story of Operation Anaconda from the time he was 'embedded' with 101st Airborne Division troops who fought in the battle... often against the wishes of [U.S.] commanders...an admirable job of exposing [Operation Anaconda's] many shortcomings." --The Washington Post

"The best full-scale history of Operation Anaconda to date." --Booklist

"Excellent." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer

-If you liked Black Hawk Down, you'll not be disappointed by Not a Good Day to Die... Extraordinary.- --New York Post

-Naylor has doggedly pursued the full story of Operation Anaconda from the time he was 'embedded' with 101st Airborne Division troops who fought in the battle... often against the wishes of [U.S.] commanders...an admirable job of exposing [Operation Anaconda's] many shortcomings.- --The Washington Post

-The best full-scale history of Operation Anaconda to date.- --Booklist

-Excellent.- --The Cleveland Plain Dealer

About the Author:

Sean Naylor is a senior writer for the Army Times. He has covered the Afghan mujahideen's war against the Soviets, and American military operations in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Named one of the 22 "unsung" influential print reporters in Washington by American Journalism Review in May 2002, he earned the White House Correspondents' Association's prestigious Edgar A. Poe Award for his coverage of Operation Anaconda.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Caliber
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0425196097
• ISBN 13: 9780425196090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 425